With that, the thread effectively closed for me. Nobody has said it
better. Thanks, Len.
Eric KE6US
On 6/6/2016 10:18 AM, l...@ka7ftp.com wrote:
As a developer of both hardware and software products that use touch screens
I have mixed feelings.
My number one gripe with soft environments is the tendency to continually
modify the environment and jam more and more functionality into the same
footprint. This either needs to be done with width or depth, take your
pick. Both Apple and Windows are horrible abusers. Every new version of
their software requires users to hunt down functions that have been moved or
crammed down. Functions that were originally intuitive are now obfuscated
in the name of progress. Lack of consistency is extremely frustrating for
most users.
Today because of the ease of soft environments it seems that companies feel
compelled to continually bring a "new look" to each software revision of
their website or product. How many of you think Yahoo scored a home run
with NEO? In my opinion NEO is an absolute disaster. But corporate egos
won't allow users out. How would you like someone mucking with your beloved
radio in the name of pretty progress. I'll take consistency over pretty and
modern every time. I'm buying a radio, I don't want an iPhone clone, or an
Icom clone, I want my KX3 to look and exactly like the KX3 I bought. I
trust the engineers at Elecraft to make acceptable and necessary upgrades
for functionality. I also trust that they are not going to ruin a great
radio in the name of glitter..
It has been pointed out previously in this thread that all of Elecraft's
radios can be easily connected to a computer for computer control. Not
everything in the world needs to be integrated, and often doing so creates
compromises that are much more difficult to live with and limit the lifetime
of a product. I'm tickled pink with my Elecraft products and don't feel the
need for them to emulate anyone else to keep me as a customer! We shouldn't
be compelled to buy a radio every two years like we do with cell phones. My
expectation is to buy a product that will function for many years, and
possibly a decade or more. I would rather have multiple Elecraft products
rather than one that pretends to be all things to all people.
73
len
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